"Yes forges ahead with classic albums and new music"
The Boston Globe, July 7, 2014
My second Boston Globe byline, and a treat I couldn't resist giving myself, having seen Yes five times since 2004 – the last tour to date with vocalist Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and a most memorable night with great companionship at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY.
The 2008 tour with Anderson's intial replacement, BenĂ´it David, was hugely encouraging (and seen in the same fine company in Westbury, NY); the second, a Jones Beach double bill with Styx, was problematic and deflating (but seen in great company again). The first tour with current singer Jon Davison, for which I trekked out to Englewood, NJ, all alone, was positively inspiring; you can read myNew York Times report about the Beacon Theatre stop on last year's three-album tour – The Yes Album, Close to the Edge and Going for the One, all complete – right here. (And again, excellent company.)
Guitarist Steve Howe was generous with his time on the phone, and the Globe was generous with space; even "condensed and edited," this interview, plus my introduction, run to more than 1,400 words. A fair amount of material left on the cutting-room floor would have been catnip for fans but reasonably meaningless to non-devotees; in time, perhaps, I'll post some of it here.
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